Show stopper

Show stopper
Definition: [crh] A legal barrier, such as a scorched-earth policy or shark repellant system, that firms use tDefinition: o prevent a takeover.

Show stopper
A legal barrier, such as a scorched-earth policy or shark repellant system, that firms use to prevent a takeover.
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Used in the context of general equities. Customer who has not placed a firm order to buy stock but has requested that the salesperson propose available stock for sale or purchase, along with the asking/bid price. See: Bidding buyer.
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Merger; Pac-Man Strategy; People Pill; Poison Pill; Poison Put; Radar Alert; Raider; Risk Arbitrage; Reverse Leveraged Buyout; Rumortrage; Safe Harbor; Saturday Night Special; Schedule 13d; Scorched Earth Policy; Shark Watcher; Show Stopper; ...

See also: Golden parachute, Publicly held, Risk arbitrage, Crown jewels, Banks